The News Review:
- ut Foxing The Fox
- Pepsi bungle: comp a fizzer to the Max
- Special Features
- New emergency department wins design award
- Vintners rethink and replant to stay competitive
- Frederik reveals how he wooed Mary
ut Foxing The Fox
abc.net.au – May 25, 2008
We find out how they feel about the dilemma and give them the chance to answer the critics who question the need for the Fox Eradication Program’s existence. We also meet a doubter someone who doesn’t believe all is as it seems and find out the reasons for their scepticism. It is not the first argument in Tasmania over a creature’s existence as many still believe the Tasmanian Tiger is out there in the wilderness. In the end this program will expose the real situation: are there foxes in Tasmania? Have a listen and find out.
Pepsi bungle: comp a fizzer to the Max
The Age – May 25, 2008
Pepsi realised there was a problem with the Max Bachelor Padpromotion when two people from Victoria and one in Tasmania cameforward with winning bottle tops to claim the grand prize valuedat $631677. Pepsi said claims for instant win prizes in Victoria or Tasmaniawould not be accepted from 12. People in both states are still eligible to enter the secondchance draw until the national promotion ends at 5pm on July 31. The promotion has not been affected elsewhere in Australia. The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation says it agreedto the early closure of the promotion in Victoria in the publicinterest.
Special Features
abc.net.au – May 25, 2008
Franz Docherty went and spent a couple of days with the members of the Fox Eradication Program and an hour or two with a true blue sceptic to find the answer to the ongoing question ‘Are there foxes in Tasmania?’ We also meet a doubter someone who doesn’t believe all is as it seems and find out the reasons for their scepticism. It is not the first argument in Tasmania over a creature’s existence as many still believe the Tasmanian Tiger is out there in the wilderness. In the end this program will expose the real situation… Franz Docherty went and spent a couple of days with the members of the Fox Eradication Program and an hour or two with a true blue sceptic to find the answer to the ongoing question ‘Are there foxes in Tasmania?’ We also meet a doubter someone who doesn’t believe all is as it seems and find out the reasons for their scepticism. It is not the first argument in Tasmania over a creature’s existence as many still believe the Tasmanian Tiger is out there in the wilderness. In the end this program will expose the real situation.
New emergency department wins design award
abc.net.au – May 25, 2008
The Royal Australian Institute of Architects says it had a record number of entries for last night’s Tasmanian Architecture Awards. The Royal Hobart Hospital’s new emergency department won the top prize for urban design. Carey Lyon who chaired the five person judging panel says Tasmanian architecture is thriving. “The entries were of a very high quality – ranging from small extensions houses on a beach to major public buildings. So there’s an incredible diversity” Mr Lyon said. Tags: arts-and-entertainment architecture health healthcare-facilities design tas hobart-7000. xml–>ABC Grandstand Cricket.
Vintners rethink and replant to stay competitive
International Herald Tribune – May 25, 2008
But water is a concern to all vintners large and small. In arid Australia winemakers who have long depended on irrigation have been parched by the country's worst drought in a century. And with government estimates predicting a sharp increase in dry spells in coming decades industry experts say investment could shift from hot places such as Barossa Valley to the southern island of Tasmania. In France's sun-roasted Languedoc where winemaking dates to the 5th century B. the government relaxed irrigation rules to allow producers to slake the vines' thirst. In many vineyard areas of inland and southern Spain viticulture soon could be unsustainable without irrigation.
Frederik reveals how he wooed Mary
NEWS.com.au – May 25, 2008
The ruse is among intimate secrets of the romance between the prince and princess revealed in a Danish-language biography. The heir to the throne of Europe’s oldest kingdom also tells of the wave of emotion he felt when he first met Mary. He says he immediately knew she was his soulmate and was desperate for Tasmania-born Mary to say yes when he proposed to her on bended knee in Italy. In Frederik – Crown Prince of Denmark to be released this weekend Frederik talks about his romantic proposal to his future princess in 2003. He popped the question during a trip to Rome in September of that year but reveals he had written to Mary’s father John Donaldson in keeping with tradition. "I wrote a nice letter to him and made it clear that she was the love of my life and that I wanted to propose to her" he says in the biography. "I also made it quite clear that he was not in a position to decline.